Saturday, November 19, 2011

Mistifiying

Well hello there! Quite a lot has been happening which I may or may not share over coming weeks, the least of which is a 2 year contract and a pay rise (relief). The prospect of a new 'man', a daughter in South America, a son being awesome and of course the onslaught of Christmas.

Today my bestie and I wondered to the airport to drop her husband off for a golf trip with the rich and famous before descending into the world-famous (although God knows why) Bondi Beach to check out the annual Sculpture by The Sea cliff-side exhibition. Pretty bloody good this year actually, although there was this weird inversion layer of mist over the ocean despite the high temperature.

And joggers....who despite knowing this is a crowded cliff walk event throughout the month of November, persist in pushing their way all sweaty and sunscreened past the throng of tourists and making no effort to conceal their chagrined expressions.

Of course there's the fashion on the beach ranging from, shall we say, gentlemen of mature age with schlongs that would be better hidden than dangling half way down their lycra clad thighs and men whose bodies would be better left covered than not. Of course there were a few beach volley ballers that prevented yours truly from stripping down...buns so tight you could...oh never mind. The ladies varied from teensy weensy bikini frilled nubile nymphettes to those who really shouldn't wear an organza fascinator on their sun hat.

There was the ample plethora of bathing beauties over-tatted and over tanned. Far too many noisy Chinese women and naughty children ignoring the 'do not touch the artwork' signs and what's with covering the baby's pram with a cloth? There's going to be an entire generation of vitamin D deprived teenagers in Australia in the next 12 years. Everyone seems to have at least two dogs, most of course are small enough to put in your pocket or ugly enough to be noticed and distract onlookers from the budgie smugglers at the end of the lead.

And the cafes don't take credit cards unless your spend is over $20 and there's also a $2.50 surcharge? What? We living in the dark ages? Fwooooaaar.

Anyway, a guy at work said he'd been disappointed. Not me. I loved it. Although both my friend Thommo and I agree, we're over rusty steel and twisty metal. But who can resist a smiling Asian with a perfect willy or a skeleton with a fishing rod? Although for both of us, the real sculpture had been done by the sea, the sandstone cliffs are spectacular.

how very cool. ah i would love to be there for that...the art...and the sculpted cliffs as well...was excited to see your post today...and i am excited that you have some good things going on...a new beau? do tell...smiles.

and I love your pics of this event... they make me miss Sydney very much. I ran a guest house on that beach for a couple of years at one time and it was a lot of hard work, but also a hell of a lot of fun.

Hi - and thanks. I don't know how you do it but your photography is fantastic. You've got some kind of atmospheric quality - something to do with exposure and the balance of light and shade. Things which I have tried to achieve for years and just can't manage. Keep it up!

Yay! Congrats on the contract and pay rise, man and son. Daughter will of course return with fab stories. Missed your stories; always good for a laugh as soon as I've looked up all those weird words in the dictionary ;-)

Great photos. Loved the stag (?) looking out over the sea and the riveting man and woman. Couldn't lesist the Asian man eithel. Some people having taken skinnyness just a bit too far. Oh, and remind me to fake (hopefully) drowning, should I ever get to that beach there ;-)

I am trying to remember last years pic's in my brain, funny I cannot remember those lifeguards. Nice hunks and probably quite a following. Love all the pictures and was thinking that is one tall peace officer compared to the other.

Such nice news to hear about the contract and raise, but totally need to hear about the new beau. And how long will she be in South America? Hope she likes it better than I did Panama.

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